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NewsStephen Fry returns to ITV in legal drama
Stephen Fry is to make his first drama series for ITV in over 10 years, with a show about a country solicitor with the human touch.
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NewsBBC to set Casualty in 1906
The BBC is to make a medical drama set 100 years ago, but filmed in the fast-paced style of modern shows such as Casualty.
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NewsITV to bring Gervais' Flanimals to TV
ITV is to bring to life Ricky Gervais' best selling book Flanimalsfor a new series which will be narrated and written by the comic.
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NewsFormat focus: Master of Champions
Major US network ABC has given a new lease of life to a extreme Japanese talent format
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NewsITV scores UEFA Cup rights
ITV has secured the UK broadcast rights for the final stages of the UEFA Cup for the first time, in a deal understood to be worth over£20m.
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NewsBBC's website proves to be World Cup favourite
World Cup coverage on the BBC's website has seen it take a 58% share of traffic to sports and gambling websites during the tournament, according to figures from internet research group Nielsen/NetRatings.
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NewsBBC & ITV divvy up World Cup quarter-final matches
ITV and the BBC have agreed the split of games for the quarter finals of the World Cup, excluding the England match which had already been bagged by BBC1 in a prior arrangement.
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NewsBBC goes behind bars with prison special
The BBC is to run a week of live programming from behind the bars of one of Britain's prisons in a daytime series fronted by Nick Knowles and Nadia Sawalha.
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NewsGranada America to make paranormal show for Discovery
Granada America has picked up a commission from Discovery Channel in the US for a new paranormal reality series which attempts to solve murder cases with the help of psychic sleuths.
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NewsMobile deal for Baby Cow world cup song
A teaser of Baby Cow's new animation Fulking Hillwill appear on mobiles ahead of a TV commission, following a deal brokered with Phones International Group by Target Entertainment.
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Electric Sky tops up for Sunnyside
Brighton-based distributor Electric Sky has bagged a number of new factual titles in time for this week's Sunnyside of the Doc programme market in La Rochelle.
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NewsBBC Buckingham Palace joke backfires
The BBC received over 100 complaints last night following a spoof newsflash which claimed a 'major incident' had occurred at Buckingham Palace.
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NewsFuturama to make TV comeback
Cult Channel 4 animated comedy Futurama is to be brought back from the dead, three years after the series from TheSimpsonscreator Matt Groening was axed.
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NewsPiers Morgan makes strong US debut
Piers Morgan is on track to repeat the American success of Simon Cowell, as the new talent show he judges on debuted with ratings of over 12 million on US network NBC.
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BBC1 plans fresh natural history blockbuster
BBC1 is to capitalise on the success of Coastwith a big-budget series chronicling the British summer through a mix of natural history and human stories.
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Return of the Cybermen - 1960s style
Cosgrove Hall Films is recreating missing episodes of Doctor Whofrom the 1960s using black and white animation based on the original actors and set designs. BBC interactive drama and entertainment has worked with the Manchester-based animation specialists to recreate two episodes from the previously incomplete ...
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BBC2 plans odd couple road trip
BBC2 is sending Top Gearpresenter and unrepentant beer drinker James May on a six-week classic car road trip across France with wine expert Oz Clarke.
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Liddle to look at the Bible for C4
Former Todayeditor Rod Liddle is to front a Channel 4 religious special investigating how the Bible first came to be translated into English - one of two feature-length documentaries greenlit by the broadcaster.
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Caledonia TV wins Five order about Orkney kids
Caledonia TV has been commissioned to make a documentary series about a group of children from the Orkney Islands who are forced to leave their homes to go to school on the mainland.
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Wright and Marsh appeal to adults on Five
Dan Wright and Steve Marsh, the presenters of Big Cook, Little Cook, are to venture into the world of adult programmes, hosting a broadcast pilot for Five. Viral Visionis a programme dedicated to homemade short films and 'viral advertising' - ...